Sweet Potato Paratha is a delicious and healthy Indian flatbread recipe prepared with mashed sweet potato ,wheat flour and spiced with Indian spices.It is very easy to prepare and a very healthy breakfast or dinner for the kids or toddlers.Serve Sweet Potato chapati with curd, pickle, raita.
Today i am sharing a very easy method of preparing sweet potato paratha recipe where i directly mixed the boiled & mashed sweet potatoes into to the wheat flour along with some spices.
I like it this way because its easy and less messy.But you can also prepare like the traditional aloo parathas by stuffing the sweet potato mixture into the dough.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF SWEET POTATO
Sweet potatoes are a great source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals.They’re also high in antioxidants that protect your body from free radical damage and chronic disease. -Source Healthline
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TIPS & VARIATIONS
- Make sure sweet potato are cooked well else it will be difficult to mash or grate.
- This sweet potato chapati is bit sweet because of sweet potato so adjust the spices accordingly to make it spicy
- You can add green leafy vegetables like finely chopped spinach or methi(fenugreek leaves.
- You can also add some grated carrots or beets for this paratha
- I have prepared this sweet potato roti without adding any sugar or jaggery. If you like you can add little bit of jaggery/sugar.
HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATO PARATHA RECIPE STEP BY STEP
1.Cut the sweet potato into half and pressure cook for 3 whistles or until sweet potato is cooked well with some salt.Peel the skin and grate or mash the sweet potato.
2.In a bowl add wheat flour ,boiled & grated sweet potato, coriander leaves ,ajwain ,ginger, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala ,jeera powder ,amchur powder ,oil and salt. Mix well.
3.Add very little water and make a smooth (but not sticky) dough. Smear little oil on the dough and let it rest for at-least 10-15 mins.
4.Make balls from the dough. I was able to get 6 balls.
5.Roll the parathas semi thick/ thin by dusting some dry flour
6.Heat up a tawa/skillet on medium heat and place the paratha and let it cook.
Once you see bubbles ,flip on to other side drizzle some ghee or oil on top.Flip again and drizzle oil or ghee on the other side as well till they have nice golden spots on both sides.
7.Serve Sweet Potato paratha/flatbread recipe with curd, pickle, raita ,ketchup or any gravy of your choice.
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Sweet Potato Paratha
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250 ml
- 1 medium sweet potato ,boiled and grated (about 1 cup)
- 1 cup whole wheat or multigrain flour
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon jeera (cumin) powder
- 1/2 teaspoon amchur powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ajwain (carrot seeds) (optional)
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoons oil or ghee to (cook parathas)
- water, to knead dough
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Cut the sweet potato into half and pressure cook for 3 whistles or until sweet potato is cooked well with some salt.Peel the skin and grate or mash the sweet potato.
- In a bowl add wheat flour ,boiled & grated sweet potato, coriander leaves ,ajwain ,ginger, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala ,amchur powder ,oil and salt. Mix well.
- Add very little water and make a smooth (but not sticky) dough. Smear little oil on the dough and let it rest for at-least 10-15 mins.
- Make balls from the dough. I was able to get 6 balls.
- Roll the parathas semi thick/ thin by dusting some dry flour
- Heat up a tawa/skillet on medium heat and place the paratha and let it cook.Once you see bubbles ,flip on to other side drizzle some ghee or oil on top.Flip again and drizzle oil or ghee on the other side as well till they have nice golden spots on both sides.
- Serve Sweet Potato Paratha with curd, pickle, raita ,ketchup or any gravy of your choice.
Notes
- Make sure sweet potato are cooked well else it will be difficult to mash or grate.
- This paratha os bit sweet because of sweet potato so adjust the spices accordingly to make it spicy
- You can add green leafy vegetables like finely chopped spinach or methi(fenugreek leaves.
- You can also add some grated carrots or beets in this paratha
- I have prepared this paratha without adding any sugar or jaggery. If you like you can add little bit of jaggery/sugar.
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Healthy and very tasty parata ? Thanks for the recipe.
thanks ramya